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Her life line went straight…

"Nurse! Doctor! Anyone!" Usui ran out of the room to find help.

"Don't do this Ayuzawa…"

In Reality… [Usui's P.O.V.]

He sat beside her, waiting still. He remembered how her life line had went straight, how his knees had shaken, the fear and sadness that had engulfed him. He remembered feeling helpless and vulnerable for the first time, when nothing there was nothing he could do to save her. He remembered the words she spoke, how it had troubled him. He felt relief when the doctors told him that they had manage to stabilize her, when he saw her life line on the monitor go up and down, but the fear and sadness returned when they told him that her chances of waking up was decreasing. He could never let her go, in the end he chose to somehow prolong her life; he had the doctors set up the life support to keep her breathing, as long as she lived, so would he.

"It's been 6 months, Usui-san," the doctor hesitantly stated, breaking his train of thoughts. "So?" the extremely attractive man with golden, spiky locks and emerald eyes rose from his position to meet the doctor's eyes with his cold stare. "Weeell… Sir, her chances of waking up are getting slimmer by the second, even with the life support," the doctor casted his eyes to the ground.

Minako enters the room with Suzuna. "Usui, I know that my daughter means a lot to you," tears stream down her face. She could not bear everyone suffering, even her own daughter.

"To Suzuna and I, she is worth giving up our lives. She's a strong girl, and she never wants to burden anyone."

"I-I don't understand, Ayuzawa-san."

"Usui, you're a very kind person, you've always been here for us, especially during the times that we really needed Misaki. I fear that we have been intruding upon your kindness. I would even go far as to say that we have reached past the limit…"

"What exactly are you trying to say, Ayuzawa san?"

Minako places her hand on Usui's shoulder. "I think, we need to let her go,"

Deep inside him, the different feelings all mixed and seemed to freeze his heart. "No,"' he firmly stated. "Usui, please, don't make this harder," Minako pleaded. "Don't you understand? She's alive, she breathes," Usui felt his control starting to fall. "I know you love her, Usui Takumi, and as her mother, I do too. I would want her to live, and I'd never give up on her, but, let's face it, all that's keeping her heat beating is a machine. Besides, the burden of paying the hospital bills… I can't let you do it anymore. "

"I know that my daughter wouldn't want that. You and I both know. You're just making it harder than it's supposed to be. Yes, she breathes, but every breath she takes reminds me that it's only a machine that keeps her breathing. Please, we beg you; don't let anyone of us suffer longer…"

Usui looks at Misaki's body lying on the hospital bed, at the machine beside her. Tears blurred his vision. He can't let her go. He can't bear to think that he would lose her. He'd die… She's his life. But, Minako was right; Misaki doesn't like being a burden, that's true. More than anything, he doesn't want her to suffer. He can't bear to think that she's suffering, that he was forcing her to live when she could no longer do so. He has to let her go… but not yet.

"Alright," he said after a long moment.

"But, give me one more day with her, please…"

Parallel Reality: [Misaki's P.O.V.]

She was insane. She knew it. She hears his voice, talking to her, telling her stories. For the past six months in this world, she lived in silence. Yeah, she does her duty as the student council president, as a daughter, as an employee in the café. She can't do it anymore. She still felt the hurt. The loneliness. She wanted to stop expecting that he'd just suddenly pop up when she was busy with her paper works in the council room, or that he'd drop by Maid Latte as a customer or chef. She wanted to stop missing him, his eyes, the way he'd tease her.

It's hard staying strong for her mom and Suzuna when she felt like falling; somehow she felt they knew it as well. She saw how they looked at her, as if they were saying, it's alright, Misaki, let go. She looked below from where she was standing. The ground looked so far down. She'd always been afraid of heights, but not this time. She felt herself fall, but it didn't feel that way. It felt like freedom, flying. Soon, she thought, I'll hit the ground. It'll be the end. It's finished. No more hurt, crying.

Minutes passed. The moment she anticipated hadn't arrived. She opened her eyes. A blinding white light blurred her vision. Looking to the opposite side, she saw nothing but darkness, she felt the coldness. "Am I dead?" she asked herself.

She sat down and hugged her knees.

That was when she heard his voice.

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